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<blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 912800" data-attributes="member: 43498"><p>I agree, let's avoid unnecessary meds. I work to get my cocktail of meds down to the absolute minimum. But that's not because I don't want to "submit" to being a "slave", it's because the standard medical approach is to aim for the "minimum effective dose" of any medication. I interpret that as also meaning don't take unnecessary meds. </p><p></p><p>It's a shame that the current T2 guidelines in the UK emphasise meds at the expense of appropriate diet, because it obviously does harm, but it also can make some people go from one extreme to the other. It's good that people are questioning whether meds are needed and beneficial. I just don't go quite to the extreme of being anti-medication as a first response.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ButtterflyLady, post: 912800, member: 43498"] I agree, let's avoid unnecessary meds. I work to get my cocktail of meds down to the absolute minimum. But that's not because I don't want to "submit" to being a "slave", it's because the standard medical approach is to aim for the "minimum effective dose" of any medication. I interpret that as also meaning don't take unnecessary meds. It's a shame that the current T2 guidelines in the UK emphasise meds at the expense of appropriate diet, because it obviously does harm, but it also can make some people go from one extreme to the other. It's good that people are questioning whether meds are needed and beneficial. I just don't go quite to the extreme of being anti-medication as a first response. [/QUOTE]
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